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Israeli settlers attack activists in the West Bank

Video shows masked men approaching and attacking a group of activists accompanying Palestinian shepherds.

21 Apr 2017 19:32 GMT

Israeli settlers attack activists in the West Bank [Screengrab from YouTube]

Footage filmed by an Israeli human rights group shows what it says is a group of masked settlers attacking activists assisting Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Sarit Michaeli of Israeli group B'Tselem said about a dozen activists from the group Taayush - an Israeli and Palestinian nonviolent direct action group - were accompanying Palestinian shepherds when they came under an "unprovoked" attack.

The clip shows a group of masked men charging at the activists, throwing stones, and hitting them with clubs near the Baladim settler outpost.

One man ran at prominent rights activist Rabbi Arik Ascherman, and hit him on the back of the head with a stick.

Michaeli said Rabbi Ascherman received medical care and two other activists were treated in a hospital for a broken arm and a head wound.